The Record for Aug. 14

1:09 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a report of domestic violence. A man and woman were having an verbal argument. The man left before officers arrived.

2:29 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Oak Creek Fire Protection District emergency responders and Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue emergency responders were called to a report of a one-car rollover crash at mile marker 2 on Routt County Road 16. A man was taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center with minor injuries.

3:04 a.m. Police arrested a 21-year-old Keystone man on suspicion of obstructing telephone service after being called to a report of domestic violence.

7:05 a.m. Police were called to a report of vandalism at Fifth Street and Lincoln Avenue. Glass was broken in a bus shelter. No suspect information was available.

8:13 a.m. Police were called to a report of a noninjury hit-and-run crash in the first block of Balsam Court. No suspect information was available.

9:17 a.m. Police were called to a report of a dog loose in the 2500 block of Val d’Isere Circle. The dog’s owner was given a ticket.

10:29 a.m. Police were called to a report of theft of a bike Saturday in the 200 block of Howelsen Parkway. The bike was found Sunday in the 600 block of Lincoln Avenue.

11:42 a.m. Police were called to a two-car, noninjury crash between Dream Island and the Stock Bridge Transit Center on U.S. Highway 40.

2:18 p.m. Police were called to an animal complaint at Whistler and Walton Creek roads. An injured bird in a box was given to an officer, who took it to a veterinarian.

2:52 p.m. Police and Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue emergency responders were called to a request for an ambulance in the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue. A woman in her 30s who passed out refused to be taken to the hospital.

3:08 p.m. Police were called to a report of a couple having an argument in the 700 block of Walton Pond Circle. Officers separated the husband and wife.

3:36 p.m. Police were called to a report of a found credit car in the 1000 block of 13th Street.

4:07 p.m. Police and Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue emergency responders were called to a request for an ambulance in the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue. An 8-year-old boy who hit his head in a swimming pool was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

6:09 p.m. Police were called to a vehicle complaint at Mount Werner Road and U.S. 40. A car driving erratically forced another car off the road. Officers stopped the driver, who was held for Colorado State Patrol.

6:14 p.m. Deputies were called to an animal complaint in the 28000 block of Routt County Road 41A and took a stray dog to the Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter.

7:05 p.m. Police were called to a request for extra patrol for speeding cars on Hilltop Parkway.

7:49 p.m. Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue was called to a request for an ambulance.

If only the bird happened to be on a bicycle then we would have had a REAL news story here. Then the bird would have had a mural, or maybe some legislation, or an ordinance, or some sort of charity fund set up in it's honor.
Wait....I've got it...we honor the bird by renaming the town "Give The Police a Bird Town U.S.A.!!!"
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hwystar-HA!
The current local gossip is that the poor bird was on a bike. Two aBreast and was hit from an F-150 Mega cab who just got plain tired of flying along at 3.6 MPH. And yes the poor bird was under the influence of tainted seeds... he/she flew into something and a concerned citizen called when he/she was observed he/she urinating on the spot (the bird, not the citizen). Cops were called and they tried to mediate the situation. ONLY to realize that the bird in question was also wanted on a "failure to appear" for going #2 on a statue in Lincoln. At this point the cops could not locate the subject and a very observant citizen apprehended the subject in the alledged "box" and turned custody over to the cops. He/she was then taken to YVMC for treatment which didn't go well as he/she was a bird...the officers then took the individual to a Vet clinic. His/her current whereabouts or conditions are currently unknown.

LOL hwy!!! Dont inconvienence yourself! A VERY long time ago, I read a book about Helen Keller, I was like in second grade. Yes a VERY long time ago, (maybe at that time 4th grade level...) At the end of the book there were many illustrations of simple "hand signs" that were acceptable. One of them was a MAJOR BIRD! And it translated to " love you". I had just found the older neighborhood boys' stash of Playboys and Hustlers....my world had just opened to things OTHER than what Mama had always taught me. We were NOT allowed a TV at that point, and every night for about a week when Mama asked me what I had learned from "my book" I had to lie and was punished for saying, "NOTHING".
Wear gloves Darn It!!! LOL!

exduffer,
Now the bird will be in "lock down" until the DA can walk "next door" and get the evidence to free the bird. The birds life could expire before that happens.
Rhys,
Do you have any experience in "lock down"?

I wanted to be a bird in my next life, but now they're even turning those in. Is no one safe these days? Was it a "no-fly" zone? Was it posted? Can birds read? This all sounds rather flighty to me. Perhaps that bird would have been safer in a mitten too, where it could not be readily seen. Looks like a friendly wave, not a nasty bird. Cops don't like birds, is the conclusion I've reached. Some shoot 'em. Vets just eat them. They don't care. Who really does? We should organize a group, to go check on our bird's welfare. Who else would? Certainly not the family. It's our job -- SAVE THE BIRD!!